Improvement in devices for detaching horses



l. IL. LANDIS.

Devices for Detachihg Horses.

Pax-ented Feb. 3.1874,`

No.\47,l43.

i WI TJV ESSES. I .7V T/'EJV' TOR Attorneys.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMP-ROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR DETACHING HORSES..

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,143, dated February3,1874; application filed January 2, 1874.

CASE A.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, IsRAEL L. LANDIs, ofLancaster, in the county of Lancaster and in the State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Device forDetaching Horses; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,making a part of this speciiication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a device for detaching horses, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the saine, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure l is a plan view of a whiffletree ein- .bodying my invention.Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspectiveView of one end ofthe whiifletree, showing the trace in position and mydevice attached to the whifiletree.

A represents an ordinary whiiile or single tree, to be pivoted in thecenter in the usual manner, and .provided at each end with a ferrule, a,andpin, b, upon which latter the trace B is to be attached. At the outerend of each ferrule a, on the rear side of the single-tree, is

pivoted a lever, C, the front end of which is forked, and passes overthe pin b-that is, one prong above and the other below the pinclose tothe end of the single-tree. D represents a leather strap, passingthrough eyes or loops d d on the rear side of the whitlietree, asuitable distance from each end of the Whittletree. Each end of thestrap D is slit lengthwise in two parts, h and h', the part 7L passingthrough an eye-screw, f, on top of the singletree, and through a hole inthe end of the pin vb, to hold the trace on said pin in the usual C ontheir hinges, so that their front forked ends will force the traces o ofsaid pins, and thus detach the horse from the vehicle.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the single-tree A and pins b b, of the forkedlevers C C, hinged to the rear of the whifetree, and the strap D, havingits ends split to form the parts h h at each end, substantially as andfor the purposes herein set forth. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of December, 1873.

ISRAEL L. LANDIS.

Iitnesses A. N. MARR, E. MCB. TrMoNEr.

